Republican Family Values

A prominent senator told me not long ago that, while visiting the president, he had complimented him on the desk photo of his girls. "You have children?" Bush asked. "Oh yes, Mr. President." "You like them?" "Of course, Mr. President." Without pausing, Bush said, "Mine are a pain in the ass." The impressive thing, said my informant, was the Atzec-like straightness of Bush's face as he said this. -- Chris Snitchens, Vanity Fair, August 2004.